Combined fire-place and cooking-stove



(No Model.)

J. OVERTON. COMBINED FIRE PLAGE AND COOKING STOVE.

- No. 286,058. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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JESSE OVERTON, `OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE COMBINED FIRE-PLACE AND COOKING-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,058, dated October 2, 1883.

' V Application filed April 7, 1883. (No model.)

To (LEZ whom, it may concern'.-

Be it known that I, J EssE OVERTON, of Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvementsin a Combined Fire-Place and Cooking-Stove; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part or this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a combined fire-place and cooking-stove, and it consists in the combination of an open-front fire-place, the grate which is placed therein, and a front which can be applied to the opening` in the front of the stove.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined fireplace and stove which is adapted to be used in two rooms at once, the front part serving as a fire-place to heat the room, the back part for cooking in another room.

Figure 1 is a vertical. crosssection of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

A represents the body of the stove, which will be of any desired shape, and which has an open front or fire-place, v, at thefront end. l`n this lire-place is placed the grate (l, which which has a support, l), formed at its rear end, so as to support it at this point, and which is supported upon iis front end upon suitableprojcctimis, E, which extend outward from the inner side of the stove. This grate .inclines from its rear end toward the front, so that it will be deepest at the front, instead of' being of au equal depth the full length. of the grate-bars- By means of this support, which is secured toits rear end, and the inclined shape which is given to the bars, a selfsupporting basket is formed, which can be taken ontv at any time;A even while filled with ire, and transferred to another fire-place in which there is no grate. i The front part of the basket will then either be supported by the gratebars of the basket or can be propped upward any desired distance by placing objects under it.`

The ends of the basket are inade solid, as

through the bottom of the an air-iiue, J, is made through the bottom S5 shown, so that no fire or ashes can fall out at heavier than those at the end, as it is neces- 6o sary to dispense with feet to the stove or grat-e, and it then becomes necessar f to prevent the heat from radiating` through the bottom too rapidly, so as to endanger or burn the floor.

An iron hearth, F, is formed upon the front 6 5 of the frame, an d upon this iron hearth is placed the cover G, preferably of the shape shown, and which is provided with a damper, H. This cover is placed over the front of the fireplace when it is desired to regulate the draft. 7o

Vhen the damper is opened, the cover acts like a blower. \Vhen the damper is closed, all` draft is shut off from the iire.

Upon the top of the frame ofthe stove is formed the flange I, which serves to form a 75 joint with a mantel-piece or partition or wall through which the stove is placed.

f ln that part ofthe stove which is to extend in, the kitchen will be formed an oven of any desired shape or construction, and which may 8o be heated either from above or from. both above and. below, as may be preferred.

ln order to prevent the heat .from .radiating stove too rapidly,

part, and this flue is controlled at its front by means ofthe damper L. The air from this lue .rises up back of the partition N and passes up through the stove-pipe with the products of combustion. regulate the draft of the stove. VUpon the upper portion of the frame, just over the fireplace, are also formed holes, upon which the cooking-utensils canbe placed.

This stove is especially designed for houses, where it is designed to eeonomize fuel. The stove is made then to heat and to serve for cooking time.

Having thus described my invention, I roo claini- Ll. The combination of a stove provided with both rooms, purposes at the sainel protect the iron 55 This damper also serves to 9o small l 5 an open-front fire-place and an oven, and which isadapted to be passed through the wall, so

as to have its ends in opposite rooms, in combination with the cover G, provided With suitable registers, which cover is made to' close the Whole front portion of the stove, substantially as shown.

2. A stove having an open front at one end,

' a fiange upon its top to form atight joint with Io the partition, and having the oven and the rear portion of the stove to extend into another room on the other side of the partition, substantiaily as Specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in ,presence of two Witnesses.

JESSE OVERTON;

Witnesses: I

G. H. RAMsEY, J. C. WARREN. 

